Subj : Re: hello! :DD To : AKAcastor From : poindexter FORTRAN Date : Tue Apr 16 2024 06:56:00 -=> AKAcastor wrote to Mary4 <=- AK> It definitely helps to have someone with some practice to do that kind AK> of work - the learning process can be frustrating when soldering, AK> usually we all break some things before we are able to actually fix AK> things. Even with soldering experience, I still have a friend with AK> more expertise who I can pass the really tough jobs off to. When I was a dumb kid, running a homebuilt 286 for my CS classes, I noticed a clock crystal on the motherboard. Figured that if I bought a faster chip, my system would run faster. I had a 16 mhz 286 for a while, but it kept crashing. Went to 12 mhz and it ran fine. Those solder jobs were embarassing at best. I'm surprised it still ran. There's a special kind of fortune that shines on people who don't know what they're doing shouldn't work. .... Did you find what you were looking for? --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122) .